Mobile warriors: Seven high-end notebooks tested

Specifications

Product HP Compaq nc8000 Acer TravelMate 3200 Apple PowerBook G4
Vendor HP Acer Apple
RRP (test configuration inc GST) AU$2795 AU$3699 AU$4499
Phone Number 1300 305 018 1300 366 567 133 622
Web Site www.hp.com.au www.acer.com.au www.apple.com.au
Warranty 3-year on-site 1-year RTB + 2hr Commitment Warranty Express Service + 1-year International Traveller's Warranty 1-year RTB
System weight including battery (kg) 2.96 2.18 3.1
Processor Intel Pentium 1.7Ghz M Intel Pentium 1.6Ghz M Power PC 1.5Ghz G4
RAM installed/max (MB) 512/ 1024 512/ 2048 512/ 2048
Hard drive capacity 40GB 40GB 80GB
Display size in inches 15 14.1 17
Native resolution 1024x768 1024x768 1440x900
Graphics processor & memory ATI Radeon 9600/ 64 ATI Radeon 9700/ 64 ATI Radeon 9700/ 64
USB (no. of ports) 2 2 2
Parallel (no. of ports) 1 0 0
Serial (no. of ports) 1 0 0
PS2 (no. of ports) 0 0 0
DVI 0 0 1
VGA 1 1 0
TV out (type of port) 1 0 1
Firewire (no. of ports) 1 1 2
PCMCIA card slot 2 1 1
SD/ MMC/ MS slot 1 / 0 / 1 1 / 1 / 1 0 / 0 / 0
Compact flash slot 0 0 0
Smart media slot 0 0 0
SPDIF 0 0 0
Docking port Yes No No
Optical drive type DVD-ROM/ CD-RW DVD+ recorder/ CD-RW DVD super drive DVD-R/ CD-RW
Fingerprint recognition scanner No No No
Integrated modem Yes Yes Yes
Integrated wired network (100M or 1000M) Yes 1000M Yes 1000M Yes 1000M
Integrated wireless network Yes Yes Yes
Integrated Bluetooth Yes No Yes


Fujitsu S-Series Lifebook Sony VAIO VGN-A29GP IBM ThinkPad T42 AOpen OpenBook 1557
Fujitsu Sony IBM Bluechip Infotech
AU$3999 AU$3499 AU$3599 AU$2799
1800 288 283 1300 720 071 1800 289 426 1800 803 802
www.lifebook.com.au www.sony.com.au www.ibm.com.au www.bluechipit.com.au
1 year 1 year international (optional 2 years extended local warranty) 3-year RTB 2-years pick up/repair/return warranty (battery only 1 year)
1.75 (with weight saver) 3.3 2.25 2.72
Intel Pentium M 1.6GHz Intel Pentium M 1.6Ghz Intel Pentium M 1.7Ghz Intel Pentium M 1.8Ghz
512/ 2048 512/ 2048 512/ 2048 512/ 2048
60GB 60GB 40GB 80GB
14 SuperFine 15.4 14.1 15
1024x768 1280x800 1024x768 1400x1050
Intel 82855/ 64 ATI Radeon 9200/ 64 ATI Radeon 7500/ 32 ATI Radeon 9600/ 64
3 3 2 2
0 0 1 1
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
1 1 0 1
2 1 2 1
1 / 1 / 1 (supports MS Pro) 0 / 0 / 1 0 / 0 / 0 1 / 1 / 1
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1
No Yes Yes No
Super multi drive (DVD±R/RW and DVD-RAM support) Double layer multi format DVD recoder DVD-ROM/ CD-RW Multi format DVD recoder
Yes No Yes No
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes 100M Yes 100M Yes 1000M Yes 100M
Yes Yes Yes Yes
No No Yes No

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